by Guest Contributor Geo, originally published at Prometheus Brown The un-anointed are always surprised at how good Filipino food is, offering well-meaning but condescending compliments I’ve long learned to accept with a smile and a lighthearted “I told you so.� Probably has a lot to do with t...

As I have previously mentioned over on lesliebradshaw.com , this is a frequent must-watch show when I am over at Jesse's. The pitch from Ingrid caught my attention when she said: "I didn't want to include the real title of the special in the subject line in fear that my email would wind up in your j...

Filed under: Arts and Culture, Blogs, Books Ben Groundwater points out in his Sydney Morning Herald post "Travel Reads for the Road" that a good book is a wonderful companion to have while traveling. Not only can reading help fill up down time in a satisfactory way, a good book can enhance travel ex...

Filleting a whole fish takes practice, but not as much as you might think. You have to carefully follow the spine, then trace around the gills to get the head to pop off. The whole process is remarkably clean, at least when you're doing it on the Nintendo Wii....

Filleting a whole fish takes practice, but not as much as you might think. You have to carefully follow the spine, then trace around the gills to get the head to pop off. The whole process is remarkably clean, at least when you're doing it on the Nintendo Wii....

Filleting a whole fish takes practice, but not as much as you might think. You have to carefully follow the spine, then trace around the gills to get the head to pop off. The whole process is remarkably clean, at least when you're doing it on the Nintendo Wii....

Filleting a whole fish takes practice, but not as much as you might think. You have to carefully follow the spine, then trace around the gills to get the head to pop off. The whole process is remarkably clean, at least when you're doing it on the Nintendo Wii....

MONDAY The three Americans who were freed recently from a leftist guerilla organization in the jungles of Columbia traveled home to Florida for the first time in more than five years on Saturday after undergoing 10 days of treatment in an Army medical center in Houston. Their highly publicized rescu...

That is just one of the priceless pearls of wisdom that self-professed "Game Advisor" Tariq Nasheed provides in his mack-centric travelogue of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Anthony Bourdain aint got shit on Tariq! I need to start socking away my pennies to save up for a trip to Rio and grab me a "How to S...

Anthony Bourdain always says people in kitchens are misfits who couldn't make it anywhere but the kitchen. I tend to agree with Chef Bourdain. The characters you meet come from all parts of the world or universe.  Some shouldn't stay in the business. Others just can't escape it. The hardest par...